Chapter 399: The old woman simpered and acted coy.
“The Gathering Demon Land has this one disadvantage: it’s easy to get disturbed while eating.”
After repelling the Hōng Lóng, Jié Jié dealt with the slime mold on his body, transformed back into the Flame King Dragon, and shared the delicious icy delicacies with Nana.
The deer meat was incredibly fresh and savory; even the bits of meat between the teeth were carefully prodded clean.
As the saying goes, when one is full and warm, thoughts turn to silver desires. Though the Ice Cave was bitterly cold, Nana’s body remained warmly inviting.
After a brief interlude, Jié Jié led Nana around the entire snowy area but found no trace of the Ice Curse Dragon.
“Could she be out?”
Returning to the terrace where the Frozen Rock Mountain could be seen, Jié Jié watched the Wind Drift Dragons flying up and down outside the Gathering Demon Land, realizing that perhaps this icy region wasn’t the Ice Curse Dragon’s nest, just a corner within her domain.
Jié Jié flapped his wings and flew out of the Gathering Demon Land, following the frost-covered peaks ahead.
Nana followed behind him, feeling the environment grow colder, so she expanded her firefield to counteract the cold air.
The Wind Drift Dragons in the sky squabbled noisily but instinctively scattered away from these two visitors from another realm.
Breaking through the icy mist and landing, they had arrived at the place where the cold air was most intense.
The rock mountains were completely encased in ice. At the center of several rock mountains stood an ancient, frozen lake, its surface so desolate that not even the brightest star in the sky could reflect off it.
On the ground, many frozen Wind Drift Dragons and Winged Dragons could be seen, indicating this was a forbidden land.
The Firefield of the Flame Empress Dragon was highly conspicuous amidst the cold air and met with a retaliatory cold current, forcing her to expand her firefield even further.
As the firefield spread, the figure in the center of the ice lake lifted its head. Its body was encased in frost, yet shimmered like crystal, and atop its head formed a crown of regal dignity.
Good news: we’ve found the Ice Curse Dragon.
Bad news: this is the Ice Curse Dragon’s home turf.
The chill in the air grew stronger, as if the cold air would soon cross the firefield and condense on Jié Jié’s body, freezing him into an ice block.
“Young ones have bad tempers, and old ones aren’t much better.”
The cold truly crossed the edge of the Flame Empress Dragon’s firefield, slowing down the frequency of Jié Jié’s wing flaps.
Eyeing the old Mother Dragon whose face was covered in frost, Jié Jié unleashed his full power, spewing streams of karma fire from his mouth that dyed his body red and spread outwards.
Seeing Jié Jié ignite his battle intent, Nana roared beside him. The overlapping firefields of the Sunfire Dragon couple once again pushed back the cold air, firmly planting their stakes in the Ice Curse Dragon’s domain.
“Roarrrr!!!”
The Ice Curse Dragon finally let out a sharp shriek. Even before her Breath Weapon reached them, the cold air spontaneously formed a cold current as its vanguard.
The cold current stopped at the edge of the firefield, the evaporating water mist briefly separating the two forces, allowing fine ice crystals to pierce through the firefield and sweep over the bodies of the two Sunfire Dragons.
It was cold, but bearable.
Unyielding flames melted the ice shards, and Jié Jié landed with Nana, the powerful wind pressure dispersing the fire waves and driving away the centuries-old cold air.
“Truly terrifying control over nature.”
In reality, they were still maintaining a considerable distance from the Ice Curse Dragon. They hadn’t reached her yet, but she had already engaged them.
This level of strength made it hard not to suspect whether she was a seasoned veteran among the Ice Curse Dragons.
She looked super old!
Previously, Jié Jié’s battle with another Ice Curse Dragon mainly took place in the Dragon Crystal Land and the mountainous region between the Dragon Crystal Land and the Coral Land Plateau.
At that time, the Dragon Crystal Land was in a high-temperature environment after the fall of the Flame King Dragon, and the Ice Curse Dragon couldn’t fully demonstrate her natural mastery. By the time they reached the plateau where she could showcase her true strength, she had already been beaten by Jié Jié midway and lost her battle intent.
But now, the battlefield was entirely the Ice Curse Dragon’s eternal winter.
They fell from the sky, while the Ice Curse Dragon rose from the ice lake into the sky, sweeping her Breath Weapon toward them.
To use her Breath Weapon, the Ice Curse Dragon had to straighten her body. With both being airborne and at a considerable distance, the two Sunfire Dragons nimbly dodged the attack.
And the Ice Curse Dragon ended her Breath Weapon, swiftly diving down with her spear-like tail poised for attack.
Her spear tail missed and pierced into the ground, sending a cold current washing over the surroundings, causing the rising temperature to plummet.
Seizing this opportunity, Jié Jié didn’t hesitate. Despite the firefield being compressed to within inches of his body, he pounced forward, striking with a powerful paw.
But the Ice Curse Dragon used her tail as a pivot point, gracefully leaping in mid-air and landing elegantly, perfectly avoiding Jié Jié’s pounce. She then swiftly lashed out with her flexible spear tail.
Not only skilled at range combat, but also a master of close combat!
As Jié Jié explosively retreated, he swatted away the Ice Curse Dragon’s spear tail with a claw, feeling only a hint of coldness on his paw pads.
Looking at the Ice Curse Dragon, her slender limbs moved forward without any sign of discouragement from her tail being struck aside, charging directly at Jié Jié.
Loves dragon charges? Definitely a seasoned veteran Ice Curse Dragon!
Staring at the slender Ice Curse Dragon, Jié Jié tore through the ice layer with his claws and rushed towards her charge, meeting her head-on!
The collision of heavy and slender, hot and cold, their eyes missing each other, Jié Jié saw mockery and disdain.
Old Mother Dragon, stop pretending to be a young girl!
Sharp fangs bit toward her slender neck, but the Ice Curse Dragon’s head had already turned aside. In the blink of an eye, her spear tail came slashing again.
“Crack!”
The ice-formed spear tail struck Jié Jié’s shell and shattered instantly.
“Vajra Body, didn’t expect that, did you~”
Jié Jié similarly spun around, his long tail, covered in tough shell, whipping like a whip across the stunned Ice Curse Dragon’s face.
The fiery heat brushed against her cheeks, bringing extreme indifference and anger to her eyes.
Opening her mouth slightly, massive cold air condensed into towering ice mountains, layer upon layer exploding violently, unimaginable impact breaking through the Vajra Body, even extinguishing much of the heat on Jié Jié’s body.
Before the Ice Curse Dragon could pursue, the Flame Empress Dragon, shivering from the cold, revealed her sharp claws and launched a flying pounce, directly colliding with the slender Ice Curse Dragon and knocking her away.
The Ice Curse Dragon blew out a cold current upon standing, stopping the Flame Empress Dragon’s pursuit with its force and freezing her mane as it pierced through her firefield.
With the impact of the dragon charge, ice chips exploded into cold mist from the staggering Flame Empress Dragon’s mane.
Even though part of her spear tail had broken off, the Ice Curse Dragon’s remaining spear tail remained sharp and swift, swirling amidst the icy mist like a cold, proud dancer, leaving Nana no chance to counterattack, forcing her to continuously retreat, leaving a trail of dust behind.
But the Ice Curse Dragon pursued the retreating Flame Empress Dragon through the dust, explosions occurring continuously but only managing to chase after her back.
Nana felt a slight soreness in her eyes, her firefield dimming with her disheartened spirit. As the balance shifted, her body struggled under the entangled cold, having never endured such low temperatures, she felt death approaching.
Between whimpers, a few ice crystals fell from her eyes as she retreated.
She had been beaten to tears.
